Actor Eric Dane, known as a handsome plastic surgeon called McSeamy on “Gray's Anatomy,” told People Magazine that he had been diagnosed with ALS.
Dane told the magazine he thanked his family for their support and was excited to return to the set of “Euphoria” soon. His representatives did not immediately respond to emails or calls for additional information.
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurological disorder that reduces the patient's ability to control muscles and ultimately breathe without assistance.
Although patients with ALS often die within five years of diagnosis, clinical trials of potential treatments have created hope for a patient's lifespan extended by several months.
Dane had a small part in the TV show in the early 1990s, first began acting in “Saved by the Bell” and later “Married Child.” Over the years, his charm and boyish good looks have been a recurring role in Gideon's Crossroads and Charmed, where he played the doctor.
His breakout moment came in 2006 in another medical role. This time he is renewed for his 22nd season this year as the leading man in “Glaze Anatomy,” and has become one of the most successful television shows of all time.
Dane portrayed Dr. Mark Sloan, the director of plastic surgery at Seattle Hospital, where Shaw is based, wearing a white white coat and having well-maintained, completely messy hair. The hospital was renamed after his character, who later died on the show.
Dane's most prominent role, featured in the television show Euphoria, depicts the father of Nate Jacobs, played by Jacob Elordi. He usually plays a handsome supporting character, but he has played a variety of roles that deviate from it, including as a murderer hired in the film Bad Boys: Ride or Die.
“Television is a land of beautiful people,” Lynn Hirschberg wrote in the New York Times in 2009. This article continues to cite another handsome man, George Clooney.
“He looks good and has a sense of humor, which is rare,” Clooney said.
